Here’s another great race report from Trainharder’s “unofficial” event reporter from the province’s interior, Dirk Handke. This report is, in Dirk’s words, “THE CLOSEST THING next to have been there!”
CLICK HERE to read Dirk report which includes results from the event and lots of great photos.
For results from today’s race click here.
BC Athletics has again written a great summary report from the event and although we don’t like to copy on this site the first part of that report is included below…
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Kenyan Willy Kimosop, last years Sun Run winner who claimed to have done very little training through the winter while studying in Lethbridge, followed Ontario’s Dylan Wykes for 7.8K of Harry’s Spring Run-Off 8K in Vancouver. With the finish in sight, Kimosop demonstrated that he’d lost little of his track speed as he out-gunned Wykes to come home victorious by 2 seconds in 23:43. Behind Wykes, Victoria’s Scott Simpson was an isolated third in 24:41. Local Jerry Ziak finished fourth in 25:06, ahead of another Victoria athlete David Jackson, fifth in 25:09, and first master Mark Bomba in 25:54.
To find out who placed on the women’s side and to continue reading this report click here.
Gary Robbins’ long awaited race report from the Hawaii HURT Trail 100-mile Endurance Run is now done! Many thanks to Gary for allowing us to post on Trainharder…
By the way be sure to check out Gary’s blog here.
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Alright, so where to begin, where to end, how to recap it all so that people actually want to read about running 100 damn miles…
Hawaii. I’d never been before. I simply can not wait to go back again! It goes without saying that the place is amazing, but couple that with an incredible racing experience and a wonderful group of individuals associated with the race on all sides, directing, volunteering, and racing, and before the event even began, I knew I’d be longing to return again soon.
Quick background with my 100 mile experience. This was my 3rd 100 miler. In my three attempts at the distance I have now won two races, set two course records, and had one colossal melt down in the sauna that was Western States. HURT was by far the best race I’ve EVER HAD! I feel like I’ve finally learned from most of my ‘rookie’ mistakes and put forth my best possible effort in Hawaii. From training, to tapering, to fueling, things were almost flawless with this one.
Written by By Katie DeRosa and published Jan 11th in the Victoria Times Colonist. Click here for original article.
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As Maurice Tarrant shattered the Canadian record in his 80-plus age group during Sunday’s Prairie Inn Pioneer 8K race, he proved that competitive running knows no age barrier.
The Victoria resident beat the previous record by a whopping eight minutes with a time of 38 minutes, 15 seconds.
“That’s one minute per kilometre,” said Bob Reid, director of the Vancouver Island Runners Association and president of the Royal Victoria Marathon. “On the track, if you shave a tenth of a second off a record you’ve done well. But by minutes, that’s incredible.”
Results from today’s first event of the 2010 Frontrunners Island Race Series are now posted on the Praire Inn Harriers website. Steve Osaduik was the first male in the 8K with a time of 23:35 and Natasha Wodak was the first female with a time of 27:51, coming in just three seconds in front of long time Island Race fixture Lucy Smith. The men’s race was equally as close with Richard Mosley and Scott Simpson finishing just behind Steve.
Congratulations to everyone who came out to enjoy the first race of the series. The next race is the Cobble Hill 10K which will take place on January 24. To register click here.
Race reports:
Registration for the Times Colonist 10K Run Clinics is now open. The clinics will begin January 16th and will be held weekly at various recreation centre across Victoria. Clinic locations, times and start dates are as follows (click on table to enlarge):
To find out more about the clinics and to register visit the TC 10K clinics page here.
Registration is also open for the event with early bird fees in effect until February 14th ($30 for individuals). To view all fees and to register click here.
(Victoria, BC – Monday, December 14, 2009). The 21st Annual TC10K has been chosen by BC Athletics to host the 2010 BC 10K Road Running Championships for junior, senior and masters runners, for both men and women. The TC10K will take place on Sunday, April 25, 2010.
“The TC10K has a proven record of attracting the best road runners in BC, and producing some of the quickest 10K times in Canada, for all age groups,” said Maurice Wilson, Technical Manager, Road and Cross Country Running at BC Athletics. “For twenty years the Victoria International Running Society, organizers of the TC10K, has staged a first class event, making it a natural partner to host the provincial championship. The Championship is open to all junior, senior and masters members of BC Athletics.”
The TC10K consistently attracts an elite field of runners – during the last five years Steve Osaduik, Ryan Hayden, Lucy Smith and Lisa Harvey have competed. In 2009 the men’s race was won by Willy Kimosop in 29:29, with Kathy Butler winning the women’s race in 34:01. The course records, however, still stand from the last decade – Simon Chenowya (1995) in 28:47, and Angela Chalmers (1994) in 33:03.
Several race reports from the Thetis Lake Relay have appeared on the blogosphere:
UPDATE: Results are now posted here.
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The 13th Annual Thetis Lake 20Km Relay takes place tomorrow, Remembrance Day, at Victoria’s Thetis Lake Park.
This popular trail race can be run either as a member of a four person relay team, with each member running 5K, or solo, with competitors running the 5K loop around the lake 4 times.
For more information visit the Prairie Inn Harriers’ website. Stay tuned also for results and race reports which will be posted here in the days following the event.
What are the top 10 things that go through your mind while running a marathon?
Results from last weekend’s Shawnigan Lake 1/2 Marathon are now posted on the RaceDay website:
http://www.racedaytiming.ca/shawnigan2009.html
Also check out Jeff Hunt’s write-up from the race here.
Results are now posted for the BC Athletics Cross Country Championships race, held on Halloween at Vancouver’s Jericho Park.
Athlete Writeups
For nearly a decade, elite racers have come here to cheat Death in one of the world’s toughest adventure races. The 125 km course begins and ends on a 4200 foot plateau, passes over three mountain summits and includes 17,000 feet of elevation change and a major river crossing at the spectacular Hell’s Gate canyon at the confluence of the Smoky and Sulphur Rivers.
The 2009 North Face® Canadian Death Race was run from August 1st to 3rd and for the first time was won by a non-Canadian.
Mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author Dean Karnazes was there (finished second!) and has a great write up of his experiences…
Uncle. Enough already. The Canadian Death Race definitely lived up to its name. Absolutely murderous. Completely awesome!
I’ve long wanted to do the Canadian Death Race, but it always falls less than two weeks after the Badwater Ultramarathon, and I’ve been concerned that I wouldn’t have ample time to recover. This year I came to the realization that my schedule isn’t going to get any less busy, so I might as well attempt both.
Going into the Death Race, I had three goals in mind. In priority, they were…
The following race report from Gary Robbins recounts his experience racing in the legendary Western States Endurance Run, which is 100 miles of off-road torture through California’s backcountry. Gary is one of Canada’s premier endurance runners and gives an entertaining account of his adventure.
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Here it is, finally, my 2009 Tour De France race report…err, umm, oh yeah, Western States race report…has it really been almost two weeks already!
The Drive Down took us almost two full days, including one stop in ummm, I can’t even remember where we spent the first night? Somewhere south of Portland. We smuggled Melcher into the hotel room to save on the additional $3 charge for a third person, which would of course be added to the post race beer fund!
Continue reading on Gary’s Blog…
Elite Victoria runner and Trainharder blogger Marilyn Arsenault has schooled the Scottmen on their own turf, winning the 10k road race championships in Balloch, Scotland with a time of 35:39.
Following is the first part of her race writeup:
As usual, Juice and I had a restless pre-race night. It was more to do with a warm room than anything. The windows only opened a crack and the temperature outside was not exactly cool anyway. Regardless, I felt fine because the sleep I had the night before was stellar. Breakfast was included with our room and was delivered to our door. I brought my Bodum so we had coffee, croissant and cereal. My belly wasn’t feeling all that great…travel seems to screw around with my plumbing. We walked over to the race start and grabbed our timing chips. We were so close we were able to go back to our room, change into our gear, attend to last minute bathroom needs and get to the race start with no probs.
BC Athletics is pleased to announce the launch of the Lower Mainland Road Race Series. For 20 years, the Timex BC Road Running Series has existed as a de facto Lower Mainland Series. In 2009 an explicit Lower Mainland Road Race Series has been created, to complement an enhanced Timex BC Road Running Series and other regional series.
The Lower Mainland Road Race Series features ten of the best events in the Vancouver area, providing runners of all ages and abilities with the chance to compete against their peers. The series kicks-off at the St. Patrick’s Day 5K in Stanley Park on March 14, and concludes with the Richmond Oval 8K on August 16. The ten events feature races over 5K, 8K, 10K and the half marathon.
By Christopher Kelsall
The first Black Press 5000 (5 kilometre) race took place at the Jack Wallace Memorial Track (Oak Bay Track) May 15, under sunny skies and mild temperatures.
The main event featured one of Canada’s top runners, Langford’s Ryan McKenzie who runs for Pacific Athletics.
Ryan owns an impressive 5000m personal best time of 13:35. He won the Black Press 5000 in 14:02. Second place went to Prairie Inn Harrier Scott Simpson.
Here’s another Miwok 100k Ultra race report, this one from Darin Bentley of BC…
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This race is renowned for it’s beautiful views of San Francisco and the ocean from it’s highest points. We, on this day, however, saw none of it. The weather called for a 30% chance of rain and cloudy conditions. It got a little worse than that.
I flew down to Oakland the day before the race and was met by John Brooks, fellow Canada Ultraman finisher. I actually crewed for John at the Ultraman two years ago. In return, although not necessary, he would pick me up, let me stay at his house, and crew for me along the race course. One of the first things John said to me was if I had any poison oak soap. Never even knowing there was such a thing I said no. I guess there’s a bit of the stuff out on the course but it doesn’t react with you until a couple days afterwards so after the race you shower with this stuff. I did just that and still have no effects, thankfully, because it doesn’t sound like much fun if you get a lot on you.
We went to his place and met his terrific wife, Maureen, kids Cody, Austin, and Wyatt then went to get some stuff for dinner. They were commenting on the rainy weather being more like February than May and that they never got this much rain around this time of year.
Figures.
Continue reading on Darin’s blog…
Last weekend elite ultra runner Nicola Gildersleeve of North Vancouver traveled south to compete in the famed Miwok 100K Trail Race. Following is an excerpt from her race report:
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Today was one of the best racing learning experiences of my life. A lot of things happened today, where if I were more prepared, the outcome may have changed, or maybe not…
I had a great sleep last night and woke to the sound of my alarm at 3:30am. I quickly ate breakfast and then got my race gear on. I had forgotten my heart rate monitor at home (I could of sworn I put it in my bag) which of course happens when you pack last minute (lessen # 1 learned). I helped put sport shield (similiar to body glide but less ‘vaselinie’) all over Peter’s back, which I normally do myself because my camelbak chafes against my HR monitor, but because I didn’t have it, I passed on the lube (lesson # 2- always wear body glide). We got to the start at 5pm, thanks to Peter’s parents. It was pitch black and all you could hear was waves crashing in the background. It was windy! After checking in, getting everything ready, all of the starters were off to the beach for a start in the sand. Everyone headed into single track trail like one big giant ant farm. We quickly got onto a road that went 3 miles uphill. It was hot, and I quickly drew down my arm warmers and took my gloves off. I was happy about this weather because even if it did rain today (which is called for “light rain”) I would be comfortable.
Continue reading on Nocola’s blog…
From the Victoria Times Colonist – Perfect running conditions reward the thousands at 20th Annual TC 10K; Kenyan, Olympian win – Willy Kimosop, an elite-class runner from Kenya, won the 20th Annual Times Colonist 10K Sunday. Kimosop, who was among almost 10,000 runners who came out for the race, completed the course in 29 minutes and 29 seconds, not a record but the first time in six years that it’s been run in under 30 minutes. The TC10K record time of 28:47 was set in 1995 by another Kenyan, Simon Chenowya.
Also, here’s what we’ve found on the blog-waves so far…
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